Thursday, 18 October 2012

The lovely Tracey and Graham asked me to create a sweet table for their wedding reception which was held at the beautiful and historic Ayers House in Adelaide.

The table was
designed to complement the venue, style, details and colour of the
wedding. Thus, it was vintage inspired
with a delicate lace backdrop and risers, strings of pearls, reels of ribbon and pearl and diamante brooches. A pretty posy of pale pink roses and lilly of the valley gave the table a fresh, yet extra sweet touch. The colour palette featured chocolate (the colour of the bridesmaid's dresses),
cream and pink and hint of gold (the bride wore a pale gold gown).

Tuesday, 11 September 2012

Recently, I designed a styled a pretty high tea for my husband's Nan's 90th birthday.It was a very special afternoon with many friends and family joining together (some even travelled from interstate) to celebrate Thora's wonderful milestone.The theme for the party was ribbon, roses and pearls with a colour scheme of mint green and blush pink. Ribbons were chosen to symbolise Nan's love of sewing and craft, roses to symbolise her favourite flower and pearls to symbolise how special Nan is to everyone.I created the backdrop, hand stitching lengths of ribbon and strings of pearls. The lovely flower posies featured pink and white roses and ranunculi.The table featured both savoury and sweet morsels. On the savoury menu were a selection of gourmet sandwiches including marinated cucumber sandwiches with creme fraiche, chicken and almond ribbon sandwiches and herbed cream cheese and smoked salmon pinwheels.Sarah from Vanilla Bean - Cake Design fulfilled my brief for the cake perfectly. The single tier dark chocolate mud cake was was simple yet elegant. The stunning and delicate sugar rose and pearl detail complimented the theme perfectly.Other desserts included coconut and pistachio macaroons, vanilla cupcakes, strawberry tartlets, banana caramel tartlets, lemon almond meringue tarts, cream puffs, mini meringues, chocolate dipped strawberries and scones with strawberry conserve and cream. It meant a lot to me to be asked to create this table for the Pearson family. Thank you and happy birthday Thora (Nan) x

Wednesday, 25 July 2012

I had been planning Ollie’s party for some
time. It meant a lot to my husband, and
me to celebrate Ollie’s birthday in a special way. He has brought so much love,
laughter and joy to our lives and we wanted to share this with our family and
friends.

Ollie loves being outdoors and also books about animals. As a baby, he
also seemed to receive many toys and books featuring owls. I decided to combine all of this with a woodland themed party.

Earthy, autumn colours formed the colour palette for the party – mainly red, green, mocha and chocolate brown as well as a hint of yellow, orange and blue.

My lovely friend Skye from Little Ladies and Little Lads created all of the party printables. The invitation featured woodland critters such as
owls, deer and squirrels as well as acorns, toadstools and bunting. The cupcake toppers, food labels and party
favour tags complimented the invitation beautifully. Skye's designs were perfect and set the scene for the party (thank you so much x)

Dessert followed! The centrepiece of the dessert table was an
amazing two tiered banana cake with dark chocolate ganache by Sarah from
Vanilla Bean – Cake Design. The very
cute deer and toadstool toppers were made from icing as was the forest trees on
the bottom tier. I adored this cake and
Sarah did a fantastic job! Thank you
Sarah x

When thirsty, guests filled mini bottles
with forest fruit punch from a glass dispenser and sipped it through green and
white striped paper straws. The dispenser and bottles were displayed on an old-fashioned
style drinks stand that was made by my dad.
We sat up late one night, designing it and it turned out perfectly. It was decorated with a hessian bunting, sewn
together by my beautiful mum. Other drinks included a variety of flavoured
mineral waters, served in a wooden barrel.

Our little guests were kept entertained
with pine cone decorating, ball games on the oval adjacent to our home and
posing for photos wearing adorable felt woodland animal masks in the photo
booth. My dad especially made the photo
booth for Ollie’s party. Little guests
entered through the black curtain at the back of the booth, popped on a mask
and struck a pose. A digital camera was
provided to take the snaps.

As a thank you gift for coming to Ollie’s
party, all of our guests were invited to fill a kraft paper bag with lollies. They scooped the lollies including apple,
raspberry and lemon bon bons, M&M’s, jellybeans, chicos and raspberries from
glass apothecary jars.

Ollie’s little friends also received a mini
terrarium (a little glass jar filled with sand, pebbles, moss and a tiny
toadstool), which were personalised with the child’s name.

Ollie had a wonderful time and Tom and I
felt so happy and lucky – to be blessed with a beautiful child and also friends
and family that care for him so much.

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About Me

Welcome to Sooti and Sweet!
My name is Nicole and I am an event stylist in Adelaide. I specialise in designing lolly and dessert tables that compliment my client's style and event.
I love searching through shops, magazines and websites to find props, fabric, ribbon, prints, furniture and sweets for an event. I get so excited when I find that perfect 'something' I have been looking for and I can see the theme coming together. I believe great beauty lies in the smallest of details.
I adore my son (Ollie), my husband (Tom), macarons, stationery, etsy, collecting teacups and reading recipe books.
I hope you enjoy reading my blog - a journal of my work, designs, inspiration and loves.
Much love,
Nicole x